Bishop Arts Theater Center’s 11th-annual new-play competition runs for five nights, plus March 5 preview. Audience members vote for their favorite of six one-act plays, and a $1,000 first-place winner is announced on closing night.

Savor Dallas comes south of the river this year for and “evening of food and festivities” at Trinity Groves. Sample bites from the fledgling restaurants that Trinity Groves’ investors already have approved, before they open.